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Encouragement in Times of Trouble

“Icried aloud to the LORD, and heanswered me from hisholy hill.Selah” ~ David, King of Israel & Judah

“It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: ‘And this, too, shall pass away’.’’~ Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States of America

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty”~ Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of England during WWII

“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. “~ Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States of America

“When written in Chinese the word “crisis” is composed of two characters one represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” ~ John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States of America

“Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, ‘Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary’.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, American Clergyman and Leader of Civil Rights Movement

“There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why… I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?”~ Robert “Bobby” Kennedy, American Politician and Civil Right Activist

“If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”~ Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Painter

“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”~ Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish Scientist and Inventor

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”~ Henry Ford, American Industrialist, Founder of Ford Motor Company

“I’d rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star, I’d rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.” ~ Milton Berle, American Comedian and Actor

“It’s not whether you get knocked down. It’s whether you get up again.” ~ Vince Lombardi, American Football Coach